I can’t find any chimeras or calico cats that look anything like this, so I’m gonna go with hidden option c or d: it’s AI or someone painted their cat.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I've never seen a calico with such a distinct pattern like that. The cat literally looks half ginger tabby, half tuxedo. Definitely a chimera.

[–] Lokoschade@feddit.org 10 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

While my cat doesn't have as big distinct patches of color, she also has solid black fur (sprinkled with tiny red specks) and her orange head spot shows a tabby pattern. Their genetics are similar, just the expression is different.

[–] Lokoschade@feddit.org 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Nah totally possible to be a normal calico, just that she has the a/a agouti gene so the black fur shows up completely black. Orange fur always shows up tabby, regardless of the agouti gene